Disaster Prepping

Good reasons to start being a prepper if you aren't already

Genuine question: do you also prep for disaster? "This might come in handy some day" etc.

There's always some risk that infrastructure will catastrophically fail, and in general I think a month-long self-sufficiency stock is a perfectly reasonable thing to have. (I have one myself, although primarily because I live in an earthquake zone.)But when people are reacting to the coronavirus, the implicit question isn't what preparations are good to have for general worst case scenarios; it's which preparations you're likely to need, which ones you can no longer affor

what do you suggest to stock up, just in case?

It’s a prepper thing, isn’t it?

guess i'm going to stock up on canned food and ammo...

lol might as well get some canned food, bottled water and a shotgun while you're at it.

Probably not a bad idea to have a few weeks' worth of non-perishable food around just in case there's a big power outage/earthquake/whateverIf this whole societal house of cards comes tumbling down, though, I think most of the people posting on HackerNews are going to be screwed (relevant: https://ext.penny-arcade.com/comic/2019/03&

> but I worry that its just the Prepper in me trying to come out.Fixed it for you :-)There's nothing crazy with a little prepping, is it? Many of the practices are even recommended around here (stock up on food with long shelf life, keep clean water around, some iodine, a battery powered radio etc)

Sounds like a great opportunity to ensure you've got water, fuel and food safely stockpiled (secretly)